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NATURE 



[March 9, 189; 



"Exercises in Euclid," by William Weeks; "Utility of 

 Quaternions in Physics," by Alexander McAulay. 



In the Clarendon Press list are :— Locke's " Essay concerning 

 Human Understanding," edited by Dr. A. C. Eraser ; " Mathe- 

 matical Papers of the late Prof. Henry J. S. Smith, with 

 portrait and memoir, two volumes ; "A Supplementary 

 Volume to Prof. Clerk Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and 

 Magnetism," by Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. ; "A Manual 

 of Crystallography," by Prof. M. H. N. Story- Maskelyne, 

 F.R.S. ; "Analytical Geometry," by W. J. Johnston; "A 

 Treatise on the Kinetic Theory of Gases," by Dr. H. W. 

 Watson, new edition ; "An Elementary Treatise on Pure 

 Geometry," with numerous examples, by J. W^ Russell ; 

 " Index Kewensis Nominum Omnium, Generum et Specierum, 

 Plantarum Phanerogamarum,' '1735-1885, Part I.; "Hos- 

 pital Construction," by Sir Douglas Galton, F.R.S. 



Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.'s list contains : — 

 "Philosophy and Political Economy in their Historical 

 Relations," by Dr. James Bonar ; "Appearance and Reality," 

 by F. H. Bradleyj; "The Principles of Psychology," by G. F. 

 Stout; "History of Philosophy," by Dr. Johann Eduard Erd- 

 mann, translated and edited by Prof Williston S. Hough, third 

 edition, revised, three volumes ; "A Student's Text-Book on 

 Botany," by Prof. Sidney H. Vines, F.R.S., copiously illus- 

 trated; "Text-book of Embryology: Invertebrates," by Drs. 

 Korschelt and Heider, translated and edited by Dr. E. L. 

 Mark and Dr. W. M. Woodworth, fully illustrated; "The 

 Cell : its Anatomy and Physiology," by Dr. Oscar Hertwig, 

 translated and edited by Dr. H. J. Campbell, fully illustrated ; 

 "Text-Book of Palaeontology for Zoological Students," by 

 Theodore T. Groom, fully illustrated ; " Lectures on Human 

 and Animal Psychology," by Prof. Wilhelm Wundt, translated 

 and edited by James Edwin Creighton and Edward Bradford 

 Titchener; "Hand-book of Systematic Botany," by Prof. E. 

 Warming, translated and edited by M. C. Potter, fully illus- 

 trated ; "An Elementary Treatise on Practical Botany," by 

 Prof. E. Strasburger, translated and edited by Prof. W. Hill- 

 house, with 149 illustrations, third edition ; " The Photographer's 

 Pocket Book," by Dr. E. Vogel, translated by E. C. Conrad, 

 with 63 illustrations; " How Nature Cures," by Dr. Emmet 

 Densmore ; " Beauty and Hygiene for Women and Girls," by 

 a Specialist ; " A Popular History of Medicine," by Edward 

 Berdoe, M.R.C.S. ; "Introduction to the Study of the Amphi- 

 oxus," by Dr. B. Hatschek and James Tuckey, illustrated ; 

 " Practical Bacteriology," by Dr. Migula, translated and edited 

 by Dr. H. J. Campbell, illustrated ; " Geology," by Dr. Edward 

 B. Aveling, illustrated with a Geological Map and numerous 

 woodcuts; "Zoology," by B. Lindsay, illustrated; "Fishes," 

 by the Kev. H. A. Macpherson ; "Flowering Plants," by 

 James Britten ; " Grasses," by W. Hutchinson ; " Mammalia," 

 by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson. 



Messrs. George Philip and Son will publish: — " Philip's Atlas 

 Guide to the Continent of Europe," a series of 72 plates, with de- 

 scriptive letter-press, by J. Bartholomew ; " Philip's Systematic 

 Atlas for Higher Schools and General Use, " a series of physical and 

 polifical maps, with diagrams and illustrations of astronomy and 

 physical geography, by E. H. Ravenstein ; "Philip's Anatomi- 

 cal Model of the Human Body," illustrating the construction of 

 the Human Frame and the relative positions of its various 

 organs by means of superimposed plates printed in colours ; 

 "The Celestium, or Patent Astronomical Calendar for recording 

 and illustrating in miniature the daily and hourly positions of 

 the heavenly bodies as they pass through the Sign of the 

 Zodiac." 



Messrs. Percival and Co. give notice of: — "The School 

 Euclid," an edition of Euclid, Books III. to VI., with notes 

 and exercises, by Daniel Brent ; The Beginner's Text Books 

 of Science : "Chemistry," by G. Stallard ; " Geology," by 

 ■C. L. Barnes ; " Electricity and Magnetism," by L. Gumming ; 

 "Heat," by G. Stallard ; "Light," by H. P. Highton ; 

 "Mechanics" (treated experimentally), by L. Gumming; 

 " Physical Geography," by C. L. Barnes ; " Practical Physics," 

 an introductory handbook for the physical laboratory, in three 

 parts, by Prof. W. F. Barrett ; Part II. Heat, Sound, and 

 Light. Part III. Electricity and Magnetism, Electrical Measure- 

 ments ; " Practical Lessons and Exercises in Heat for 

 use in schools and Junior University classes, by A. D. Hall. 



In Messrs. A. and C. Black's announcements we 

 notice: — "Illustrated Text-Book of Invertebrate Zoology," 

 by A. E. Shipley ; " History of Astronomy during the 



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Nineteenth Century," by Agnes M. Gierke, third edition, 

 revised and enlarged ; " Algebra, an Elementary Text-Book for 

 the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and Colleges," by 

 Prof. George Chrystal, Part I,, third edition. 



Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and Son have in hand : — A new 

 and enlarged edition (the third) of Prof. R. Wallace's " Farm 

 Live Stock of Great Britain," containing additional phototype 

 engravings of notable specimens of live stock ; and a new 

 volume by Prof. Sheldon on " British Dairying." 



Mr, Walter Scott will issue in the "Contemporary Science 

 Series": — "Modern Meteorology," by Dr. Frank Waldo, 

 with 112 illustrations. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Oxford. — Two Radcliffe Travelling Fellowships, each of 

 the value of ;^200 per annum, and tenable for three years, have 

 been awarded this week. One, which has been gained by Mr. 

 E. A. Minchin, of Keble College, was thrown open last year to 

 candidates in all branches of science, and the usual declaration 

 that the Fellow intends to graduate in medicine and to travel 

 abroad with a view to his improvement in that study has been 

 dispensed with. Mr. Minchin was placed in the first class in 

 the Honour School of Natural Science (Morphology) in 1890. 

 The other Fellow, Mr. W. Ramsden, of Keble College, is sub- 

 ject to the usual conditions attached to these Fellowships. Mr. 

 Kamsden obtained a first class in Natural Science (Physiology) 

 in 1892. 



The new laboratories for the department of human anatomy 

 are rapidly approaching completion, and will, when finished, 

 add very much to the convenience and advantages of medical 

 students. The buildings have been designed after the plans of 

 Mr. Arthur Thompson, and include a large dissecting room and 

 several additional laboratories and private rooms, a lecture 

 theatre, and a large basement. 



Cambridge. — The Council of the Senate report that the 

 Royal Geographical Society have renewed their generous offer 

 to provide j^lSO a year as part of the stipend of a geographical 

 lecturer for the ensuing five years, and to award biennially ex- 

 hibitions or prizes for the encouragement of geographical resear ch 

 in the University. The Council recommend that the proposals 

 of the society be accepted, and that a lecturer be appointed, 

 under the supervision of a joint committee of management, 

 before the end of the Easter Term, 1893. 



The Sedgwick Memorial Syndicate report that they have 

 made certain alterations in the plans for the proposed Geological 

 Museum in Downing Street, with a view to meeting objections 

 that were raised and to reducing somewhat the cost of the 

 building. The Syndicate ask to be authorised to obtain tenders 

 for the immediate construction of the museum. 



SCIENTIFIC SERIALS. 



American Meteorological Journal, February. — Hot winds in 

 Texas, May 29 and 30, 1892, by I. M. Cline. Hot winds 

 occur to some extent every year, but rarely with sufficient in- 

 tensity to injure vegetation. It was estimated that in the present 

 case 10,000 acres of cotton were destroyed, and corn suffered 

 severely. The temperatures reported ranged generally from 

 90° to 100°, and in some parts from 105^ to 109°. These winds 

 appear to have resulted from the same causes which produce the 

 Fohn in Switzerland, the descent of dry air which has deposited 

 its vapour during its ascent. — The electrification of the lower 

 air during auroral displays, by A. McAdie. The author gives 

 an account of some experiments made at Blue Hill observatory, 

 for obtaining, by means of a kite flown during thunderstorms, a 

 belter record of the potential of the air than could be given by a 

 collector near the ground, by which plan some remarkable re- 

 sults were obtained, and he suggests similar experiments for 

 showing the electrification of the lower air during displays of 

 aurora. He also proposes a new classification of the various 

 auroral phenomena, distinguishing between the highly coloured 

 displays, and those of less intensity^ which probably occur in 

 the lower atmosphere. — Practical koniology, by Prof Cleveland 

 Abbe. He applies this term to the study of atmospheric dust 

 and floating germs, and shows how their injurious effects on 



